Caroline Walker Bynum, Professor
Emerita in the School of Historical Studies, has been elected to
the British
Academy as a Corresponding Fellow. Other elected Members
include Gary Gerstle, Member
(1990–91) in the School of Social Science; Kenneth...
Rashid Sunyaev, Visiting
Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and Director of the Max
Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has received the State Prize of
the Russian Federation in Science and Technology. Sunyaev receives
this award jointly...
Ann McGrath, Member
(2013–14) in the School of Social Science, has been appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia (AM). McGrath was recognized for
significant service to the social sciences as an academic and
researcher in the field of Indigenous...
James D. Wolfensohn, Chair Emeritus of the Institute's Board of
Trustees, and Shelby White, Vice Chair of the Board, have each
received the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. The Carnegie
Medal of Philanthropy was established in 2001 and is...
Peter Paret, Professor Emeritus in
the School of Historical Studies, has received the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The award
recognizes and honors the contributions of a living...
Sabine Schmidtke, Professor in
the School of Historical Studies, has been elected for nomination
as a member of the Accademia Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy. The Academy
Ambrosiana, formed inside the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, is comprised
of over 370...
Sandra E. Peterson, Institute Trustee and Group Worldwide
Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, has received the Corporate Citizenship Award from the Committee
for Economic Development. The Corporate Citizenship Award is
presented annually to a company...
Tracy Slatyer, former
Member (2010–13) in the School of Natural Sciences and Jerrold R.
Zacharias Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named the first
recipient of MIT's School of...
